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Essential Beauty

Beauty salon · Ilam, Christchurch

What your customers see when they look for you, and where that puts you among 570 Christchurch beauty businesses.

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Checked13 October 2026
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Essential Beauty

Beauty salon · Ilam, Christchurch

Where you stand#434of 570 beauty businesses
Overall health2.4/10across the eight areas
How AI describes youMarketbase business report

What AI tells people about you

Essential Beauty is a beauty therapy salon in Ilam, Christchurch offering waxing, massages, facials and eye-enhancement treatments. They state they use luxurious products and present a full range of salon services aimed at a relaxing, attentive experience. Customers can book brow and other appointments at the Ilam location.

Essential Beauty is a beauty therapy salon based in Ilam, Christchurch. It offers a range of salon treatments described by the business as including waxing, massages, facials and eye-enhancement services.

The salon highlights the use of what they describe as the finest and most luxurious products across its service menu. Services noted in the business-provided details include brow treatments alongside the core offerings of waxing, massage and facial therapies.

Customer feedback notes a high level of satisfaction with treatments such as brow lamination, with comments that results can look naturally fuller and that clients return for follow-up appointments. The review snapshot shows an average rating of 5 and exemplifies a repeat booking after a positive brow treatment outcome.

Essential Beauty's local character is anchored in its Ilam location and the broad set of beauty therapies it lists. For clients seeking waxing, facials, massages or brow and eye enhancements in Christchurch, the salon presents itself as a full-service option using higher-end product lines and attracting repeat bookings for some treatments.

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01Google listingMarketbase business report

Your Google listing

Essential Beauty's Google Business Listing shows a below-average health score, with clear directions for improvement. Current strengths include a claimed status, an open-for-business indicator, a visible phone number and a full street address, which support easy customer contact. The listing also features a solid description and strong photos compared with local peers, but lacks a website link that limits online reach.

Strengths

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    Open statusYour listing shows the business as trading, so customers see accurate availability and Google treats the listing as live.
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    ClaimedYour listing is claimed, so you control what it says, you can reply to reviews, and edits suggested by the public come to you first.
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    NameYour business name is showing on the listing, so a customer searching for you by name finds you, and everything else on the listing hangs off it.

Top three opportunities

  • 1
    WebsiteYour listing has no website link, so a customer who wants to check your prices or your work before ringing has nowhere to go from Google.
  • 2
    Description lengthYour description gives a reader less than half the listings here do, so someone reading yours and then a competitor's gets less to go on from you.
  • 3
    Category fitYour category set covers less of this market than half the field, so there are jobs being searched for near you that your listing is not eligible to appear in.
11 checks on your Google listing. You're seeing 6 of them.
3.4Room to grow
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5.0 ★★★★★ (1)
Beauty salon · Ilam3
Open 5 days · late Mon, Tue and Wed ✓
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OverviewReviewsPhotosAbout
From the business

Essential Beauty, Beauty Therapy. Here at E.B, we offer a plethora of treatments ranging from waxing, massages, facials and eye enhancements. This has been made possible through the finest and most luxurious products, allowing those desiring a blissful experience to be beyond satisfied with your beauty needs.

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02ReviewsMarketbase business report

Your reviews

Essential Beauty's Google Business health is very low, at 1.6 out of 10, indicating significant room for improvement in online reviews and engagement. The strongest recent finding is a top-10% star rating, reflecting high customer satisfaction on average. A key opportunity is improving the review response rate to build trust, alongside continuing to grow total reviews.

Strengths

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    Star ratingYour rating is among the highest in this market and it does its own selling - a customer sees it before they read anything else.

Top three opportunities

  • 1
    Review confidenceRating and review volume together sit well behind this market, which means a customer comparing you has both halves of the picture reading thin.
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    Response rateNone of your reviews have a reply, which means a customer reading them sees your happiest and your angriest customers with nothing from you in between.
  • 3
    Review countYour review count sits well below what buyers here are used to seeing, which means a customer comparing options side by side reads you as the less proven choice.
4 checks on your reviews. You're seeing all of them.
1.9Room to grow
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1How far your rating and your review count together can be trusted
Google reviewsChristchurch beauty · 570 businesses
You are #464 for your Google reviews
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03Map positionsMarketbase business report

Where you show up on the map

Essential Beauty in Ilam, Christchurch shows a very low overall health score for Maps search at 0.6/10, indicating limited visibility. The strongest opportunities lie in improving aggregate Maps presence and boosting local results in the borough, with a particular focus on reinforcing presence for Ilam-related searches.

Strengths

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Top two opportunities

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    Maps visibility across the city groupYou appear in a handful of Maps searches across the suburbs around you, far fewer than most businesses here.
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    Maps visibility in your own suburbYou show up in local Maps searches, but below most businesses in your suburb, so a customer looking from a nearby street is shown someone else first.
2 checks on your map positions. You're seeing both.
0.7Room to grow
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1Seen in 2 searches across Christchurch, top three in none
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Bronzed Goddess Ilam4.9 ★ (54) · Beauty salon
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Nails and Beauty by Shannon5.0 ★ (2) · Beauty salon
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PHADEZ Lashes & Beauty5.0 ★ (1) · Beauty salon
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Daisy Beauty Studio & Academy5.0 ★ (68) · Beauty salon
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Map positionsChristchurch beauty · 570 businesses
You are #528 for map positions
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Where customers find you

Essential Beauty shows a low overall health for Citations & Social Presence, with a 2.3 out of 10. The strongest current asset is the highly trusted Facebook presence, while opportunities lie in strengthening Instagram and TikTok trust, and adding LinkedIn, Neighbourly, and NoSecretSalon listings to broaden local reach.

Strengths

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    Having a Facebook page at allWe found your Facebook Profile page, and the trail is strong enough that nobody would question it is yours - it is linked from something you own, or it dominates a search for your name.
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    Instagram ProfileWe found your Instagram Profile page, and the trail between you and it is unambiguous - it is linked from something you own, or it dominates a search for your name.

Top three opportunities

  • 1
    Tiktok ProfileWe could not find an active TikTok account for your business, so anyone who looks for you there finds nothing.
  • 2
    Yellow ProfileWe could not find an active Yellow Profile listing for your business, which means anyone checking you there finds nothing and moves on to whoever is listed.
  • 3
    Fresha ProfileWe can see the Fresha Profile listing (https://fresha.com/essential-beauty-lincoln-45-gerald-street-k7po176x) found via: Google search results, but nothing on it tells us it is yours - no matching phone number, no matching address, and the name does not line up.
14 checks on your listings and social. You're seeing 5 of them.
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Family Company Studioessential-beautyEssential Beauty | Family Company Studio
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Instagramessential_beauty_ltdEssential Beauty | Instagram✓
FacebookEssential-Beauty-Ltd-100078371045314Essential Beauty | Facebook✓
Tiktok@kasiaastanicichEssential Beauty | Tiktok1
YellowNo listing found2
Listings and socialChristchurch beauty · 570 businesses
You are #193 for listings and social
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05Facebook pageMarketbase business report

Your Facebook page

Strengths

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    Where your page link pointsThe link on your page goes to a domain that is yours, so a visitor who came for the photos leaves on your terms and the enquiry lands in your inbox rather than someone else's.
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    An email addressCustomers can see an email address on the page, which gives the one who wants a quote in writing a route that does not depend on anyone picking up the phone.
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    A street addressA street address sits in your page details, so someone deciding between you and a business two suburbs over can see which of you is closer.

Top three opportunities

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    Recommendations on your pageNo recommendations sit on your page, so a stranger who came to see whether anyone else has used you leaves with only your own posts to go on.
  • 2
    A page address you choseYour page address is one Facebook generated rather than one you chose - your business name with a long number bolted on, or just the number.
  • 3
    People following your pageFewer people follow your page than follow half the pages here.
9 checks on your Facebook page. You're seeing 6 of them.
1.8Room to grow
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At Essential Beauty, We take pride on making you look and feel fabulous!
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Facebook pageChristchurch beauty · 570 businesses
You are #468 for your Facebook page
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Your website

Essential Beauty shows a very low overall on-page SEO health score, highlighting critical gaps on meta data and page structure. The strongest finding is the absence of a meta description, title tag, and a detectable on-page SEO baseline, which limits visibility. Addressing these areas will create a clearer presence for customers in search results.

Strengths

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    Domain UniquenessYour web address is yours alone, so everything your site earns - links, mentions, search standing - accumulates under your name and stays with the business.

Top three opportunities

  • 1
    On-page scoreYour home page did not return anything we can measure, and a page that will not answer a scanner is usually the same page that keeps a customer waiting.
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    Separate sites linking to youNo separate website links to yours.
  • 3
    Meta descriptionYour pages carry no summary line of your own, so the two lines under your name in search results are whatever Google decides best fits the search.
23 checks on your website. You're seeing 4 of them.
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3Meta description
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How people find you on Google

Essential Beauty's website traffic health is very low, with a health score of 1.0 out of 10. The primary takeaway is that both organic and paid traffic indicators are near zero, indicating limited visibility and advertising impact. Immediate focus should be on building organic momentum and starting small paid efforts that are trackable.

Strengths

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Top three opportunities

  • 1
    What that traffic is worthSearch is delivering you nothing you would otherwise have to pay for.
  • 2
    Monthly search visitsYour site draws no measurable visitors from search, so the only people reaching it are ones you sent yourself.
  • 3
    Search terms you rank forYour site does not appear in search results for any terms we can measure, so nobody is finding it by searching for what you do.
6 checks on your search and traffic. You're seeing 3 of them.
0.0Room to grow
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Google search and trafficChristchurch beauty · 570 businesses
You are #266 for Google search and traffic
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08Opening hoursMarketbase business report

Your hours against demand

Essential Beauty's published hours largely match Christchurch demand, with most popular weekday slots covered. Peak-aligned openings include midweek late-morning and mid-afternoon periods, while there are notable Saturday and late-Thursday gaps when local searches peak. No low-demand open hours were identified. Adjusting a couple of evening and weekend slots could capture missed bookings without adding inefficient time on the roster.

Strengths

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Top opportunity

  • 1
    Hours aligned with demandYour hours cover some of the busy stretches but fewer than half the businesses here, which means someone ringing round on a Saturday morning reaches your competitors and your voicemail.
1 check on your opening hours. You're seeing it.
3.6Room to grow
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Essential Beauty
OverviewReviewsPhotosAbout
Hours 1
Monday9am-9pm
Tuesday9am-9pm
Wednesday9am-9pm
Thursday9am-5pm
Friday9am-5pm
SaturdayClosed
SundayClosed
Opening hoursChristchurch beauty · 570 businesses
You are #368 for opening hours
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01Google listing3 opportunities

02Reviews3 opportunities

03Map positions2 opportunities

04Listings and social3 opportunities

05Facebook page3 opportunities

06Your website3 opportunities

07Google search and traffic3 opportunities

08Opening hours1 opportunity

Where you'd stand#434of 570 Christchurch beauty businesses
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Christchurch beautyOverall · 570 businesses
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